Word: gambetta
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...spite of the rain, there were about twenty-five members present at the meeting of the Conference Francaise last evening. The meeting was rather informal throughout and consisted of the initiation of new members, followed by a lecture on Leon Gambetta by Mr. E. M. Bayer, '90. The following members were initiated: From '90-Sturgis, Thorndike; from '91-W. E. Beer, J. B. Henderson, G. Jones, A. S. Walcott, and W. M. Woodworth, res. grad...
...third meeting of the Conference Francaise takes place Tuesday evening Mr. E. M. Bayer will speak on Leon Gambetta...
...elective laws were then analyzed and the two systems scrutin d'arondisment and scrutin de listecompared. In connection with this topic, Gambetta's great work was mentioned, and some idea given of the excitement and difficulty of his position as a would be and partially successful reformer of the elective system. The practical working of the French government was illustrated by incidents from the lives of MacMahon, Thiers, Ferry, Grevy and others. Many practical comparisons were made between the French and American systems. Many questions were asked by different members of the society, all of which were answered...
...author of the sketch of Gambetta, lately printed in the Century, has written for the same magazine an article on "The Forty Immortals" of the French Academy, which is accompanied by many portraits...
...recent sale of autographs in Paris, 1,430 f. was paid for a bundle of letters of Rouget de Lisle ; a letter of Darwin's brought 55 f. ; of Schiller, 100 f. ; Wagner, 100 f. ; George Sand, 120 f. ; Paganini, 50 f. ; Beranger, 49 f. ; and Gambetta...